Blog Herding: Community Edition 04/03/14

Nearly doubling the amount of blogs featured last week,
this week's episode of Blog Herding is the biggest we've witnessed this year.
Enjoy posts from many of the veteran bloggers and fan favorites, as well as a couple
of entries from some new faces. There is a lot of movement in the video game
industry, and the user blogs provide a gamer's perspective on many of these
noteworthy issues.

The
Disabled Gamers' Look Back: HaloA strong advocate for
accessibility issues in video games, LetMeGetToACheckpoint takes a look back at
the Halo franchise and evaluates how well the series as a whole addresses these
concerns.

4
Games I Would Love To See Twitch PlayThe widely popular movement
titled Twitch Plays Pokémon inspires thegodofwine7 to consider a handful of
other games he'd like to see the community come together to play in perfect
harmony.

Top
Six Conflicts Of IdealsThe Destroyer considers how
some ideas and their opposites have been applied to the world of video games
and the impact either approach can have on a gamer.

The
Twitch ConundrumAnother blog about Twitch
Plays Pokémon, but Saturday Morning Replay tackles the topic from a different
perspective, focusing more on the positive and negative results highlighted
from this project.

Great
Things Vigil Games Could Have DoneOne of the unfortunate side
effects of a studio that closes down before its time is we may never see the
projects they were working on. Enuo wonders what Vigil Games could have done if
they were still here.

Games
I Want That Will Never Be MadeMost of us dream of games we'd
like to see made. Cerpintaxman takes it one step further by also providing
some specific details how he would make some of the games he wished would be
made.

My
Thoughts On Facebook Buying Oculus RiftWhile everybody seemed to be
talking about the recent Facebook acquisition of Oculus Rift, Eric Watson
was one of the only ones to blog about it here at Game Informer in this must-read post.

User
Discussion – Part 4Trenchmace and Redqueen return
with another episode of User Discussion, a feature that asks a video game-inspired question and solicits answers from various members of the community.

Let's
Play - Dark Souls IIIt's been far too long since
we've heard from Craigaleg. And if his Let's Play video featuring Dark Souls II
is anything like some of his old video reviews, we're all in for a treat.

Back
To The Future: Last Gen Virtual RealityKyle Wadsworth considers the
path virtual reality has had to take to go from an outlandish idea to a very
real piece of hardware that we may be using to enhance our gaming
experience very soon.

The
OST Review: Infamous Second SonThis might seem like a review
of Infamous Second Son, but it really isn't. Instead, RedQueen of Space
evaluates several of the best audio tracks from the game while posting videos
to each of them.

Dark
Souls II: A Beginner's LookA game so brutally difficult it
almost forced footthumb into taking it back to the store. But then he learned
the secret to surviving (a little longer) in Dark Souls II, and now he is
enjoying the game.

The
Top Five Games I've Played Way Too Much!Do you have a game you feel
like you've sunk a lot of time into? This blog by MSF codforlife highlights
five games he thinks he's played way too much, and you might just agree with
a few of them.

Uncharted
4 WishlistThe Uncharted games are known
for their colorful characters and stunning set pieces but Dima still has an
idea or two he would like to see incorporated into the next game in the series.

Community Reviews:

You
Haven't Even Reached The Boss Level YetSouth Park:
Stick of Truth is definitely not a game for everyone, but those who are fans of
this animated series may enjoy this review provided by Orochisama LEVON,
Spectre.

Earth
Defense Force 2025A number of members posted
reviews for Earth Defense Force 2025 this week, but this one by John Wrek is
one of the better ones, providing a thorough and fair analysis of the game.

Infamous Second Son ReviewThe recently released Infamous
Second Son is the third installment in the Infamous series developed by Sucker
Punch Productions. Boxcar182 takes a look at how the game compares to the
others.

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community events in to my personal Game Informer account located here to
ensure this feature continues to provide the content you're eager to read.